Miaowing constantly

[hollinhurst84]

How do I stop it?!
He wants 24/7 attention basically and I can't supply it!
Like now I'm sat watching tv (with wet nails) and he's sat opposite me howling. Shutting him out the room makes him cry more
He has food down (but won't eat until cuddled but he's eaten at lunch), litter tray clean....

Is your cat a male, laflaca?

The reason I ask is that while I don't speak cat, that call sounds to me like a cat out on the razzle. (I hear them night in and night out round here at some times.) It's not a 'miaow' but a 'rrr-row' which sets your teeth on edge.

I know that your lad hasn't been served as well as he might have been by vets in the past and I'm wondering if he was properly neutered. (I'll leave aside the issue of his potentially being a 'special cat'.) If I were speaking to the rescue, I think I'd be wanting his hormone levels checked before handing him back.

One of the vets who post may give you a thought on that though.

Yes - I get exactly what you mean by the rrow type noise. He gets quite cross with it too!
Rescue are dropping by tomorrow with some feliway and I will ask them. It has crossed my mind more than once. I know nothing about cat neutering etc but I know horses can be gelded but be a "rig" with stallion like behaviour

Yes my cat's male, cosietoesie He was immediately alert, eyes wide open, big ears at first twitching, then flat on his head, when I played hollinhurst84's video. When I stopped it, he relaxed and went back to sleep.

He was also a highly vocal four year old when we took him in. We used Feliway, Zylkene, and our vet gave us homeopathic treatment for his anxiety. Feliway seemed to work best, in his case, both the diffuser and spray.
Small things like loud noise or sudden movements near his head, or being shut in a room would set him off. He's normal now, although still yells if any doors are closed.
I hope that's of some help.

I think that the OP's cat may just have a little hormone problem. I felt I recognised that 'calling' right away - from outside - although I could be very wrong. (My own boy was indifferent to the noise but then he's most elderly and, moreover, is used to some weird noises from the various movies we play a lot.)

It might be worth a check, anyway. hollinhurst had the cat from a rescue so doesn't really know his history other than the episode with the tooth whose effects the rescue put down to flu.

I agree with cozie its a very distinct noise, my cat leaped up and checked all the rooms when she heard it. Vets woulf be my first call. I would think this can be sorted.

Ours makes that sound frequently , but louder......

When dh heard the clip he got up and went to the door saying "what's up with him now?".

See this is where I get stuck. He's on Ovarid for belly grooming - when I ignore him as in if I'm trying to shower etc he will frantically groom. Vets possibly but he has always been noisy every since the tooth was out and he felt better
Eating, sleeping, drinking, running around like a loon, happy to be picked up etc so nothing is shouting pain to me
Rescue are out today I think, well tonight so will see what they say when they've had a look. They have suggested a behaviourist if it's nothing vet related

Should say he slept well last night (for once!) and was shouty this morning but now relaxed in bed watching me do makeup!

I'd forgotten he was on Ovarid. Maybe there's a chance of side-effects? I think this is one for a vet view, hollinhurst.

Good luck. Even my elderly almost deaf male cat raised an ear to your video. Made me smile Would also contact the vet.

Possibly - Ovarid side effects are depression and hunger. I know about the hunger so he's definitely getting more food. When he wasn't on the Ovarid he was still doing it. Basically he's always been noisy but he's getting more cheeky? With it
If that makes sense!
I ignored him shouting this morning and he got cross so went to scratch the sofa right next to where I was sat. When I said no, he sat just out of reach and started licking his belly and watching me
(Little bugger)

The vet's going to love you! (And I say that meaning it quite genuinely.) Medical and veterinary practitioners really like interesting and - especially after his tooth issue - he's way up there on that scale now.

You know he will be perfect mute cat when rescue turn up...

The recording got my cats' attention!

Have you noticed there is a pattern of 6 or 7 miaows, like a little tune? Then he goes back to the beginning.

Sorry not helpful

so he's making a tune?! Brilliant

My boy shouts and howls all the bloody time - drives me up the wall.. it's particularly annoying when he starts up about 5,30. He never used to be like it but its definitely food related for mine. I've recently moved him onto wet food in the evening and I think it either doesn't keep him full as long as his trusty dry food or he loves it so much he wants more.

You said the meds he's on also cause hunger but he also has food down.. hmmmm! It's just the rrrr-owl sound is the noise mine makes when he's peckish (and wants attention too)

Sorry - not sure I'm being much help but it would be such a shame to have to rehome over this..

I'm trying not to go down rehoming route, he's v bonded, I am his human and I would break his heart. He sleeps with his head in my hair snuffling, washes my nose every day and wants to be sat on me constantly!
He's raw fed, loves his food. Basically he eats and after he's finished I pop some extra down as he's not overweight at all

This was him this morning with me

Hi. I know that noise. My similarly in yer face adorable yet massively irritating black cat makes exactly that noise - when he follows me down the road and reaches the end of his invisible territory he sits and makes just that exact noise. I know. Not helpful.

It's clearly designed to get attention fast though. I have four cats. (Two male two female) Three leapt instantly alert and started glancing round, fourth bundled in from upstairs and mounted search and rescue mission behind the curtains.

I think Ollie is fab and he's clearly intensely bonded to you.

That is my female cat's 'woe is me' noise, most often used when I've shut her into another room, or if I'm home later than normal, ie she wants attention.

It was frequently deployed in the first 6 months of ownership, I ignored it from the outset. It only gets used very rarely now I've had her over a year.

Search and rescue

Very interesting. You make cats sound quite demanding!

He woke up my cats 😂

How old is your cat? That clip sounds like my cat in her later years. She had arthritis and thyroid issues. Thyroid?